Persia and Tanzie are still very much affected by the death of their father - Tanzie still watches the shows that Vincent’s TiVo records for him. Persia and Tanzie see themselves as the face of the Marchetta Cosmetics Company now that their father is dead and limit their involvement in the company to frequent social events and parties. They attend the occasional meeting, including one that is to decide which non-profit organization will be the recipient of a donation made by a new foundation in their father’s name. They leave the meeting early, where Persia meets Henry, a lawyer with a Free Legal Clinic that provides free legal advice to anyone unable to afford a lawyer. Persia blows him off, but it’s not hard to see that romance may lie in their future!

Meanwhile, Tommy Katzenbach, a member of the Marchetta Cosmetics Board of Directors, is having a secret meeting with Roger Conway, the president of a rival cosmetics company called Fabiella. We learn that Tommy has been covertly working with Roger in an attempt to get the Marchetta girls to sell their company to Fabiella. Should he succeed in getting the girls to sell, Tommy’s prize is a lot of money and an invitation to join an elite country club that he would never be allowed to enter otherwise. Tommy reveals that he has a nasty plan to force the Marchetta girls to sell that will be revealed that night at the party that will introduce the Vincent Marchetta Foundation to the world.

At the party, the girls are emotional as they thank the Board of Directors and the guests for attending the party on their father’s behalf. Their speech is cut short, however, when a news story is displayed on the big screen behind them. The story accuses the Marchetta Company of performing illegal cosmetics testing on children, leaving two such children permanently tattooed with the colors of the make-up. The girls demand answers from their Board of Directors – who would have approved such testing, does it really happen, etc. The Board isn’t able to give them any answers.

The girls are immediately affected by the scandal – the public throws fruit at them and the press, who are usually very friendly, are vicious and mean, turning the villainous reputations of the Paparazzi into reality, chasing the girls through Manhattan on motorcycles.

Continued